monika hardy

what gap?

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ January 3, 2012 ⋅ 8 Comments

Full disclosure: am certainly practicing useful ignorance here. [I keep reading full disclosure in people’s posts/comments/etc. Was wondering what it felt like to be a part of something that you felt you had to state a full disclosure. Maybe that’s the point. Full disclosure. So much that we don’t have to state anything. Or maybe … Continue reading »

communities of practice

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ December 11, 2011 ⋅ 14 Comments

http://labconnections.blogspot.com/ via the lovely @onepercentyellow Imagine if all we focused on in public ed was facilitating people toward their people. [seeing ed as a conduit to communities of practice. getting kids (teachers/parents/people) into those spaces they are dreaming about. then learning is contextual. what would they do, where would they be if nothing was compulsory.. … Continue reading »

busy

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ October 16, 2011 ⋅ 3 Comments

We’re heading to NY, NY, day after tomorrow. We’re going to the Contact conference. They are looking for the most innovative ideas for social change. Imagine changing up the 7 hours a day we call school. For 12+ years. Along with the mindset that follows that for years to come. We think changing ed would … Continue reading »

definitely normal?

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ June 28, 2011 ⋅ 7 Comments

My daughter asks Google to define success via her cell phone. Twenty seconds and her phone spits out the following: Perhaps we could take heed. Are we keeping from things that matter because we’re afraid to allow for no definites? Can we just acknowledge success is subjective? There is no standard, no normal. Nothing is … Continue reading »

mathland

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ June 14, 2011 ⋅ 2 Comments

Bravo – and spot on to Seymour and Alan.. In my ignorance, flavored with kids’ insight and experiences… and my love for mathematics.. i think aloud – boldly… Is not mathland life? We live in mathland. Is that not why we deem PISA so heavily.. our instincts tell us how mathematics is a universal language? … Continue reading »

spaces of permission

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ June 6, 2011 ⋅ 6 Comments

Kids have connections down. Many of us just don’t see it as legit. Many of them don’t see it as legit. Connections are legit. How kids connect and collaborate is huge to social change. Adults still hold the keys to dreaming. Whether it’s a pause, a look, a refocus,.. we communicate an assumed agenda. Perhaps, … Continue reading »

how do you reflect about this…

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ May 4, 2011 ⋅ 1 Comment

i’ve been reading the reflections. thinking about commenting. i’ve been thinking about my reflection. how do you? where do you start? i could never stop. maybe it was just a perfect moment in time for me to become a part of this community. maybe you’re not all that. maybe you’re not all i’m imagining, .. … Continue reading »

non-linearity: a new game

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

About a year ago, I posted that we should grab our x-d glasses and take notice of what the web has to offer us. This well announced paradigm shift in education is no fad. This is a monumental change. So how can we use the web for good? How can we start using tech in … Continue reading »

solution

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ March 20, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

So much talk. So little time. Such important business. We can. We shall. An overdo revisit of the brilliantly graceful Bill Strickland. If you want to make a difference in the lives of people most have given up on.. you have to look like the solution more than the problem. An email from a friend … Continue reading »

connect ed

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ March 20, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

A lot went on in my head last week. Hold tight. Or Ignore the following and just take a look at what resulted from it: connect ed . First: My friend Chad started a great conversation here. I believe he is especially spot on when he says: but our kids need an ocean of information … Continue reading »

options

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ February 27, 2011 ⋅ 2 Comments

Jim and I got to hear Anya Kamenetz share her expertise with a group of parents at Colorado Academy. (full rough notes here) Three things she said that I’d like to pass on.

imagine and play

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ February 27, 2011 ⋅ 4 Comments

John Seely Brown and Doug Thomas recently released a new book, A New Culture of Learning. I heard about it from John Hagel (who co-authored The Power of Pull with Brown). Hagel’s review is a super read. Yeah, you should maybe read it. It encouraged me to start working on this: Then my friend Adam, … Continue reading »

structure

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ February 12, 2011 ⋅ 9 Comments

In my mind, this is fitting to follow Zoe’s post on idealism. I’ve been struggling with our perceived and practiced project based learning. Don’t get me wrong, it’s super. It’s way better than what we’ve been doing. But is it enough. Are kids owning the learning, or are they owning a given/suggested learning. And in … Continue reading »

choice

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ January 31, 2011 ⋅ 8 Comments

I’m convinced more than anything else, choice is the ultimate empowerment. Authentic change will only happen when it’s an individual experience per choice. I believe that often our assumptions about human nature, what success is, and how viable current practices are, keep us from living. Assumptions are a choice. We make them daily by our … Continue reading »

be. bold.

Posted by monika hardy ⋅ January 15, 2011 ⋅ 5 Comments

I read Roger Martin‘s Design of Business about 2 years ago. What his words spoke to me then, in large part, has been the backbone of the boldness that has gotten us to where we are today in the Lab. On taking note of what plenty of my conversations are about these days, I feel … Continue reading »

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